Travelin' Soldier

Photo taken by a volunteer at Ft. Jackson

6 weeks down, 4 to go!

We've gotten more letters from Carey. Surprisingly he has been a good pen pal. He reports that he has been freezing his tail off and misses my cooking and Sawyer's smiles. I try to help with the smile bit by sending lots of photos but can't help with the cooking. I found two facebook pages with information on his until and found this photo in Delta Co's album. Apparently they are on a no pictures hold so this is from early-mid March, but there's our soldier!

He is disappointed in the vigor of the Army PT. Apparently it used to be much more intense and has been scaled back. His crossfit training has set him up well but he reports that others in his unit have been struggling.

They are almost through the white phase of training. The first was red and was mostly classroom with some physical team building. The white phase has been a lot of shooting (which he loves) and some first aid.

There is another website: www.basictrainingphotos.com that gives other photos but they are copyrighted and I couldn't bring them to the blog. If you're interested, his company is D113 and I've found 3 pictures of him there.

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Friends are Family

We had a wonderful visit in Charlotte. It went by way too fast as usual but was lots of fun. We walked on the greenway close to Derrell and Lindsay's (rental) house, went to see their new house that they are buying, had a cookout with the Clark family, had brunch with our friends Steve and Darcy and their baby, Chloe, and Sawyer got to go see Derrell's work truck. Pictures below!

Fun, Fun, Fun

I apologize for the bad resolution of the pictures, but sometimes my phone is more handy than the camera. We've been working hard on tummy time and Sawyer's muscle control. He's been wiggling like crazy. Most days he only lasts 2-3 minutes on his belly but this particular day he was having a grand time. He's really holding his head up well! Airplane Baby

Rollin'

It's finally the weekend. Although these days, I think the weekends are as exhausting as the week days. I have both boys all day and we've somehow managed to pack the days full. Last night we were able to play outside for a little bit before dinner. Sawyer is getting pretty good with this toy that our friends the Flaggs gave us. I don't even know what it's called but you roll around on it. He really wanted to play yard hockey but Oscar wouldn't sleep or lay on a blanket, he just wanted to nurse and be held. Initially Sawyer did really well with the fact that the baby needed so much. I don't know if it is because Carey is gone or because it's been two months, but Sawyer seems to have less and less patience with me and Oscar. I have to keep reminding myself that he is four. And when you are tired, hungry, and four, patience is not a strong suit. Then again, when you are tired, hungry and thirty-four, patience isn't much of a strong suit either. :) ...

A Case of Opposites

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